Noel & Susan have fun in the kitchen

From Noel of Tampa, a 2nd generation participant in the Itinerant Cookbook Project:

“From Helen Chen’s “Easy Chinese Stir-fries” I chose to make Stir-fried Pork with Asparagus (page 44). The adventurer in me was tempted by the Flower Squid with Mixed Vegetables but I didn’t quite feel up to cleaning and scoring (!) squid. Since I had boneless pork chops in the freezer and asparagus is pretty available, I finally settled on this recipe.

My friend Susan joined in on the fun, bringing over her wok. We reviewed the recipe and decided to make a few small changes.
We added green scallions, cut down the cornstarch by ½ tsp., amped up garlic x3. We would add some heat—red pepper!

Served with Tilda Pure Basmati rice, just spectacular, tender, white, not sticky, yet we think it is chopstickable, even though we ate with forks.

Served with Chateau St. Michelle, 2006 Columbia Valley Chardonnay Indian Well. It went very well with the dish, just enough acid but the dish brought out the sweetness in the Chard.

Just delicious. And actually not all that hard to do. We very carefully did our mise en place and it went swimmingly.

See pictures. I am sending project on to my sister Rosemary in Mt. Elgin, Ontario.

Noel, Tampa, FL, August 1, 2009.”

Also, in other Itinerant Cookbook Project news, we have the Wings: 50 High-Flying Recipes for America’s Favorite Snack cookbook traveling to Madeira Beach where Carol will make her recipe before sending it on its way somewhere else.

In France, the Burger Bar: Build Your Own Ultimate Burgers cookbook is traveling really fast. Marc-Antoine passed it on to Faye in Bar-sur-loup, France, who was quick to send it to Judie of Exeter, UK.

So as of today, the 10 cookbooks distributed in Tampa have already gone a long way. Some have stayed locally. Others have already traveled to San Francisco, Chicago, New-York, Ontario, Amsterdam, France, the UK, and Tokyo, Japan.

Things are getting interesting and I’m now realizing that I need a proper technique to keep track of where the 10 cookbooks actually are, or I’ll get confused very quickly.

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Here are the Itinerant Cookbooks:

Started in Tampa, FL with Margaret. Was in Tampa, FL with Noel, in Mt Elgin, Ontario with Rosemary. Now in York, Ontario, with Janice.

Started in Brandon, FL with Dave. Now in Brandon, FL with Dave.

Started in Nice, France with Marc-Antoine. Was in Bar-sur-loup with Faye. Now in Exeter, UK with Judie.

Started in St Petersburg, FL with Janet. Now in St Petersburg, FL with Janet.

Started in Dunedin, FL with Janis. Traveled to Chicago. Now in San Francisco, CA with Liz.

Started in Gainesville, FL with Esther. Traveled to Amsterdam, Netherlands. Now in Tokyo, Japan with Martin.

Started in Plant City with Lynne. Traveled to Ann Arbor, MI with Horace.

Started in Largo, FL with Marty. Was in Madeira Beach, FL with Carol. Now with Sharon in Brandon, Mississipi.

Started in Brandon, FL with Debbie. Now in Tampa, FL with Jeff.

Started in Dunedin with Bob. Traveled to Chicago with Bob. Now in NY with Dan.

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